NEW YORK, March 9: Barry Koch, the senior VP and general manager of Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Tooncast in Latin America, talks in this video interview about the growth of the channels across the region and what the key priorities are for the year ahead.

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, March 9: E1 Entertainment has firmed up a production and development deal with the legendary rock group KISS to create a half-hour kids' comedy series using the band's personas.

BURBANK, March 9: On April 3, Cookie Jar Entertainment's new series Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show is to make its debut in the CBS children's programming block Cookie Jar TV, which will also feature the return of Stawberry Shortcake.

LONDON, March 9: The licensing and merchandising rights for Fresh TV's hit tween-target franchise Total Drama have been taken on by Turner CN Enterprises.

PARIS, March 8: Mooscoop has wrapped a deal with Chutti TV, Sun TV's kids' channel in India, for 725 half-hours of programming.

LONDON, March 8: Coinciding with its 20th anniversary, VGI Entertainment has changed its name to VSI Entertainment.

LONDON, March 5: CBBC has commissioned two further seasons of its hit Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures.

TORONTO, March 5: Breakthrough Films & Television's live-action docutainment series TOONED! is slated to premiere on Canada's TVtropolis on March 19 during the 11:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. time slots.

ABU DHABI, March 5: A new global five-year publishing deal has been signed between twofour54 and Macmillan Children's Books for the preschool property Driver Dan's Story Train.

JAKARTA, March 4: Indonesian media conglomerate PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), which operates the leading terrestrials RCTI and TPI, has agreed to a multiyear program licensing deal with Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific covering series and original movies for kids and family audiences.

LONDON, March 4: CAKE Entertainment has licensed the live-action tween comedy series Cartoon Gene to the BBC and Germany's ZDF.

LONDON, March 4: Turner Broadcasting has picked up the exclusive U.K. rights to air all 26 half-hour episodes of the animated series Mr. Bean on its Boomerang Channel.

SYDNEY, March 4: Beyond Distribution will be offering up more than 200 hour of new content in their catalogue for MIPTV, spanning genres such as children's, factual, documentary, science and crime.

LOS ANGELES, March 4: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) and Rubicon Group have announced the launch of Pink Panther & Pals, the first new series in the iconic franchise in 17 years, on Cartoon Network on March 7 at 7:30 a.m.

NEW YORK, March 3: Disney Channels Worldwide has unveiled the 2010-11 programming highlights for Disney Channel and Disney XD in a presentation to U.S. advertisers.

TORONTO, March 3: Shaftesbury Films and Canada's Family Channel have announced a new half-hour teen comedy series, Baxter, which will air later this year.

NEW YORK, March 3: Sesame Workshop has signed up a host of top-name celebrities, including How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris and Grey's Anatomy's Sandra Oh, as well as a number of industry experts and opinion-makers for the Grand Prize judging panel in conjunction with the launch of the Aniboom Awards 4 Sesame Street competition.

SYDNEY, March 3: Turner International Australia has hired Melissa Fitzgerald to serve as its sales director for Australia and New Zealand, effective April 6.

NEW YORK, March 2: In this video interview, Nerd Corps Entertainment's founder and CEO, Asaph "Ace" Fipke, together with the company's president, Ken Faier, and senior VP of production, Chuck Johnson, discuss the company's growth and its plans for the future.

HYDERABAD, March 2: DQ Entertainment is co-producing 26 new episodes of Iron Man: Armored Adventures in collaboration with Marvel Animation and Method Animation for a second season.

TRIVANDRUM, March 2: The Indian animation outfit Toonz Animation India has opened a distribution division in Los Angeles, Toonz Entertainment USA, which will be led by Matt Cooperstein.

MEXICO CITY, March 2: Comarex has inked a deal with Turner Broadcasting System for the animated series Master Raindrop to debut in Latin America on Cartoon Network this April.

BURBANK, March 2: Cindy Davis has been appointed senior VP of licensing at Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) U.S., Cookie Jar Group’s licensing arm.

LONDON, March 1: The Royal Television Society (RTS) has unveiled the shortlist for the Programme Awards, which recognize the work of actors, presenters, writers and production teams, along with honoring the programs themselves.

LONDON, March 1: Turner Broadcasting has secured a new carriage deal for its preschool channel Cartoonito, which now heads to Virgin Media in the U.K.

LOS ANGELES, March 1: The animated action-comedy series Hero: 108 from Moonscoop launches today on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and U.K., taking a weekday slot.

LONDON, March 1: RDF Rights has named Karen Vermeulen as its new VP and head of global TV sales and co-production for the kids and family division.

LONDON, February 26: KidsCo is producing a series of idents in conjunction with Astro Productions that will run on the channel's Asian feed later this year.

MODENA, February 26: Through a deal inked with Panini Group's The Licensing Machine and Dentsu's DCI-LA, the hit Japanese animated series Deltora Quest is headed to Cartoon Network in Spain.

GRUNWALD, February 26: Effective March 1, Bernd Conrad, who most recently served as head of licensing and merchandising at TV-Loonland, takes on the role of head of licensing at m4e.